tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226690016900160196.post4360115953509952110..comments2016-12-07T13:26:29.387-05:00Comments on Legal History Blog: Legal History "Comps"Smita Ghoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02062210254958869772noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226690016900160196.post-53252642022155192462010-05-11T11:39:08.343-04:002010-05-11T11:39:08.343-04:00My field was broadly defined as Anglo-American leg...My field was broadly defined as Anglo-American legal history, and covered the British Empire.<br /><br />Lauren Benton&#39;s Law and Colonial Cultures: Legal Regimes in World History, 1400-1900. Cambridge University Press (2002) is a must read.<br /><br />The Hay and Craven volume, particularly their introductory essay, serves as a great introduction to the worlds of law, capital and labour in the eighteenth and nineteenth century. <br />Hay and Craven, Masters, Servants and Magistrates in Britain and the Empire 1562-1955, 525.<br /><br />I&#39;d also recommend a beautifully crafted article by Shahid Amin in the Subaltern Studies Volume (Shahid Amin, &quot;Approver&#39;s Testimony, Judicial Discourse: The Case of Chauri Chaura&quot;Subaltern Studies V, Ranajit Guha, ed.<br /> New Delhi: Oxford University Press India, 1987) which lays out the mechanisms of power in the colonial courtroom.<br /><br />Also, for those reading English history, there are some great articles in the David Sugarman edited volumes, • Sugarman, David, ed. Law in history: histories of law and society. NY: NY UP, 1996. 2 vols.Rohithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10974780088015911428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226690016900160196.post-20511809295236200852010-05-08T14:17:09.468-04:002010-05-08T14:17:09.468-04:00I also received a vote for work by Jon Rose (ASU),...I also received a vote for work by Jon Rose (ASU), who focuses on medieval and early modern English legal history. This made me realize that although the articles on my list would be useful for all legal historians, I am likely missing important work by non-Americanists. I hope that readers who work outside of American legal history will post other suggestions!Karen Tanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06623782371731996157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226690016900160196.post-83105386504038579372010-05-07T15:52:27.039-04:002010-05-07T15:52:27.039-04:00My last post accidentally got sent before it was c...My last post accidentally got sent before it was complete.<br /><br />For method and theory, I also found the following very useful: Chris Tomlin&#39;s Many Legalities of Early America; Michael Klarman&#39;s From Jim Crow to Civil Rights; Amy Dru Stanley&#39;s From Brondage to Contract; and Nina Dayton&#39;s article, &quot;Taking the Trade&quot; (which is part of her book, Women Before the Bar). Dayton&#39;s has less discussion on theory and method but I consider it a must-read for early American legal history.Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09383722192240931728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226690016900160196.post-62093347966788468472010-05-07T15:39:53.364-04:002010-05-07T15:39:53.364-04:00Morton Horwitz&#39;s Transformation of American L...Morton Horwitz&#39;s Transformation of American Law, Vols. 1 &amp; 2 were key on my legal history quals lists. So, too, were Gordon&#39;s &quot;Critical Legal Histories&quot; and &quot;Historicism and legal scholarship&quot; (1981 yale law journalAllisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09383722192240931728noreply@blogger.com